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AN AUSTRIAN STEEL AND PORCELAIN-MOUNTED EBONY MANTEL CLOCK
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AN AUSTRIAN STEEL AND PORCELAIN-MOUNTED EBONY MANTEL CLOCK

VIENNA, CIRCA 1800

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AN AUSTRIAN STEEL AND PORCELAIN-MOUNTED EBONY MANTEL CLOCK
VIENNA, CIRCA 1800
Decorated overall with faceted and polished steel beading, the white-enamel Roman dial with twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell, within a pyramid-shaped case surmounted by an eagle on a sphere and mounted with blue-and-white cameo roundels depicting to the front a classical scene and to the sides portrait reliefs, on faceted ball feet, the movement replaced, lacking back door and pendulum
15 in. (38 cm.) high; 8 in. (20.5 cm.) wide; 5 in. (12.5 cm.) deep
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品专文

The obelisk or pyramid shape of this clock, designed in the 'Egyptian' style of the late 18th Century, symbolises eternity. Its case has been bordered with bands of facetted and polished steel beads, an art refined by craftsmen in Vienna as well as the arms workshops of Tula near Moscow.